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want to know java

]hello, i am just finish java programming essential and now i want to be competent in java including mobile based programming, what steps to follow up to achieve it?
i plan to start it next week since this week i'll be sitting for university examinations.
so i ask if any will go hand by hand with me.

Re: Just Joined

Jimmy, I would go for Eclipse any day, its what I use every day at the moment as well. If you are running on a 64 bit windows machine you might want to have a look at the new Eclipse Helios builds with 64 bit support.

Re: Just Joined

thanks and i took your advice eclipse is a lot better than what i was using but for some reason it wont run i mean im using a book too that i got from a teacher that used to teach java but for i type the code perfect and it still doesnt work because it cant find the main class in it here's the code